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JEFF KEISTER Gun Violence Prevention 2019 March 13 To start Put on a name badge Grab a pencil and note card What is Gun Violence? When a gun is used to threaten, intimidate, injure or kill Risk can be to self or others

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JEFF KEISTER

Gun Violence Prevention 2019 March 13

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To start

  • Put on a name badge
  • Grab a pencil and note card
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What is Gun Violence?

  • When a gun is used to threaten, intimidate, injure or kill
  • Risk can be to self or others
  • Surrounding community is also strongly affected
  • Family, friends, and faith family
  • Coworkers, fellow students, neighbors
  • Emergency responders, doctors, medical staff
  • Educators, psychologists, social workers, caretakers
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You are part of the movement

  • Know your story – what brings you here
  • Speak to your “people” – use the platform you have
  • Listen to those around you, without judgment
  • Share others’ stories, that they are not forgotten
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Activity – small groups (2-4 people)

SHARE your “I” statements (in 60 seconds):

  • Your name
  • Where you are from
  • How you have been touched by gun violence
  • Something about your interests and abilities

LISTEN (take notes if needed)

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Reducing Gun Violence

…requires thinking about (at least) 2 things at once:

  • Response (what to do when/if it happens)
  • Prevention (reducing the likelihood & impact)
  • Controlling access to weapons
  • Reducing desire for weapons – finding alternatives to violence
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A Public Health Risk

FACT: More Americans have died by gun in the United States in the past 50 years than on battlefields of all wars in America’s 240+ year history

  • Estimates of American casualties in all

conflicts in US History: 1.4M

  • Estimate of US Gun Deaths since

1968: 1.5M

Source: CDC, CRS

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Impact of Gun Violence in the US

  • Gun death rate is

currently over 100 Americans per day

  • In 2016:
  • Cars 38k
  • Guns 39k
  • Drugs 67k

Source: CDC, NHTSA

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Gun Ownership & Death Rate in the US

  • US leads the world’s most

powerful nations in gun

  • wnership and gun death rate
  • US has more guns than people
  • According to polls,
  • 22% of Americans own guns
  • 3% of Americans own half of the

civilian guns

Source: SAS, JAMA, RSF-NFS

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Breaking Down the Impact

  • Most (roughly 2/3) of gun deaths are suicide
  • Non-lethal injuries are ~3x that of deaths
  • African-Americans are at disproportionate risk

Source: CDC

Note: gun death rate for blacks is ~2x that of whites

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Mass Shootings

  • Various definitions: typically 3 or 4

killed or injured, excluding shooter

  • In most cases, family members or

intimate partners are shot, and warning signs exist

  • These make up a small fraction of
  • verall gun deaths (less than 1%)
  • Gun features such as high capacity

magazines are correlated with higher numbers of injuries, deaths

  • High profile shootings cause in spikes

in public interest, gun sales

  • Omitting shooters’ names denies

them notoriety

Google trend scores & year-over-year (seasonally adjusted) differences in background checks performed (÷10k), by month Sandy Hook Aurora Tucson San Bernadino Orlando Las Vegas Parkland Charleston

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Gun Laws and Gun Deaths among US States

  • Gun death rate is correlated with weak gun laws
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The “Iron Pipeline”

  • Federal law requires criminal

background check for gun sales by licensed dealers. Checks for “private” sales are required only in 21 states

  • Gun shows and internet sites are

common ways to connect buyers with unlicensed sellers

  • ATF data shows that most NY crime

guns are from out of state

  • Over 90% of Americans (including

77% of gun owners) favor expanding background checks to all gun sales

Sources: Gallup, Pew

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Safe Storage

Locking up guns prevents access by

  • Children
  • Criminals
  • Troubled individuals
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“What Can I do?” in Three Styles

  • Raise awareness
  • Don’t let victims be forgotten
  • Lift up survivor voices
  • Ask important questions
  • Withhold judgement
  • Support victims
  • Engage with survivors and at-risk individuals
  • Provide alternatives to escalating risk
  • Advocate for accountability
  • Work for better laws
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Gun Violence Prevention (GVP) Groups: Find (or Make) Your Lane

  • Sandy Hook Promise
  • Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
  • Everytown / MAIG / Moms Demand, Be

SMART

  • March For Our Lives, Road to Change, Youth

Over Guns, Students Demand

  • States United to Prevent Gun Violence (e.g.

NYAGV)

  • Life Camp, SNUG, Cease Fire / Cure Violence,

STRONG Youth, Guns Down / Life Up

  • Giffords Courage, Giffords Law Center
  • Gays Against Guns, One Pulse For America
  • Prosecutors against Gun Violence
  • Veterans for Gun Reform
  • Newtown Action Alliance, Jr. Newtown Action

Alliance, Newtown Foundation

  • Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, St.

Mark’s Episcopal, Bishops United, Cross Lobby (EAGV), National Clergy Council

  • Guns Down America
  • Stop Handgun Violence
  • Concert Across America, ShineMSD
  • Orange Ribbons for Jaime, Orange Ribbons for

Gun Safety, Change the Ref, Project Orange Tree, Guitars Not Guns

  • Long Islanders for Gun Safety, North Shore

Parents for Change

  • Doctors: AAP, AFSP, APA, APHA, AMA, AFFIRM
  • Teachers: AFT
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There are really only 2 Actions

  • 1. SHOW UP
  • 2. KEEP SHOWING UP

Consistency and continuity is critical Change takes dedication: set and maintain short term and long term goals It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Pace yourself

KEEP GOING

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Actions - Awareness

  • DO NOW
  • Put an orange ribbon on your coat
  • DO THIS WEEK
  • Share news, statistics, or stories of gun violence survivors on social media
  • Have a conversation about safe storage
  • DO IN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS
  • Find and plan to join (or help organize!) a public awareness event
  • STOP. WRITE SOMETHING DOWN.
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Actions – Community Support

  • DO NOW
  • Listen to and honor each other’s stories
  • DO THIS WEEK
  • Contact your local School Principal & Superintendent to ask for Sandy Hook

Promise curriculum to be added

  • If you have guns, make sure they are locked up. ASK about guns at homes

where kids play

  • DO IN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS
  • Contact a a local organization which provides support and opportunities to

youth (e.g. EAC Network, Pride for Youth, LIFT, HFH, B&GC, BB/BS) and inquire about how you can volunteer or donate

  • STOP. WRITE SOMETHING DOWN.
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Actions - Legislative

  • DO NOW
  • Write letters to US Senators asking for a floor vote on S.42
  • DO THIS WEEK
  • Follow up with US Senators by phone to ask for a floor vote on S.42
  • Share this call with friends and family in other states
  • DO IN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS
  • Review how your US Senator, Member of Congress, NYS Senator, and NYS

Assembly Rep voted on recent gun safety measures such as:

  • Federal: HR.8 / S.42 (background checks for all gun sales)
  • State: A.2689 / S.2451 (NYS extreme risk protection order)
  • Contact your reps to let them know how you think they are doing
  • STOP. WRITE SOMETHING DOWN.
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New York Legislative Initiatives

  • S2451 Establishment of Extreme Risk Protection Orders – passed & signed!
  • S2438 Require NYS review of mental health records for out-of-state permit

applicants – passed Assembly & Senate

  • S2449 Establishment of gun buybacks – passed Assembly & Senate
  • S101A Limits school ability to authorize weapons on campus – passed

Assembly & Senate

  • S2448 Bump Stock / Accelerator Ban – passed Assembly & Senate – passed

Assembly & Senate

  • S2374 Background Check timeout extension – passed Assembly & Senate
  • S2450A Safe Storage – passed Assembly & Senate
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Federal Legislative Initiatives & Targets

  • S.42 Extending Criminal

Background Checks to private and internet gun sales

  • S.193 Safe Storage (“Ethan’s Law”)
  • S.66 Assault Weapons Ban
  • S.506 Establishment of Extreme

Risk Protection Orders

  • Doug Jones (AL)

(202) 224-4124

  • Krysten Sinema (AZ)

(202) 224-4521

  • Susan Collins (ME)

(202) 224-2523

  • Angus King (ME)

(202) 224-5344

  • Jon Tester (MT)

(202) 224-2644

  • Pat Toomey (PA)

(202) 224-4254

  • Mitt Romney (UT)

(202) 224-5251

  • Joe Manchin (WV)

(202) 224-3954

  • Mitch McConnell (KY)

(202) 224-2541

  • Chuck Schumer (NY)

(202) 224-6542

  • Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)

(202) 224-4451

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Activity: Ready to Act?

Divide into NEW small groups (2-4 people) and SHARE (5 minutes):

  • Something you learned from someone in your first group
  • Something which defines your “style” or “lane”
  • Something you can commit to doing AFTER tonight

WRITE IT DOWN AND TAKE IT WITH YOU For each group to discuss and conclude: What more can be done?

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My Contact Info

Jeff Keister Gun Violence Prevention Suffolk County, Long Island, NY beepboop@optonline.net 631-294-8889